Where does “villasarvikuono” come from?
villasarvikuono (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
villasarvikuono (Finnish): woolly rhinoceros
Definitions
- woolly rhinoceros
Ancestry of “villasarvikuono”, step by step
villasarvikuono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 2 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 3 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 5 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Finnish sarvikuono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarvikuono | Rhinoceros |
| 2 | Finnish | sarvi | horn; antler; handlebar |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sarvi | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śarwe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ćr̥Hwás | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥h₂-wó-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |